Another Fun Weekend...

Friday I went to the farmers market. I have noticed that as I get hungrier and my belly gets bigger, I buy more and more food at the store or market. I sampled every farmer's strawberries to make sure I got the best ones. I have also noticed my belly getting in the way more often. I took a bite of one of the strawberries and my belly caught the drips! Unfortunately it was on one of my favorite maternity shirts that Bill and Gail got me for my birthday. My friends have warned me this will happen more often now and to invest in a good stain remover. Thankfully, their tip worked and the shirt is good as new!

Saturday mom and I went to a wedding shower for a family friend. Here is a picture before we left for the shower. Mom and I also finished the crib shirt. I will post pictures after I get some sheets on the crib. The nursery is coming together!

Here is a picture for the start of my 28th week. I am just about out of all of my "regular" clothes. The baby has been giving more kicks and still likes to hang out low on my bladder, sending me to the bathroom often!

A weekend of Parties...

This was a fun party weekend! I had my friend Mandy's wedding shower on Saturday. Mandy was my freshman and sophomore year roommate in college.

I also helped Annelise celebrate their second baby at her diapers and wipes baby shower. You can see by the picture the bellies are growing! The cousins will be playing together soon!

Poor Craig did not have parties to attend. He continued to work on the built-in to try to finish it up. He also started to paint the round mirrors for the nursery.

Kick, Kick, Kick...

Last night Craig was on a work conference call while I was relaxing and reading. I pointed at my belly and Craig could see the baby moving around from the other side of the room. It is the weirdest thing to see something moving around inside you... The baby is getting strong enough to really feel kicks and see my belly move. It is very fun!

Another busy weekend...

Mom and I spent the weekend at the lake with the Good N' Plenty ladies. This is a group of five families that we have been going to the beach or mountains together forever. We had a baby shower for Shane and Melissa who are expecting at the end of May. There are already three babies there all under the age of one. It will be fun at our next gathering to have 5 babies so close together in age.

Craig and Dad made excellent progress on the built-in while we were gone. I came home to it all installed and ready to be painted. They have also installed the kitchen speakers that Craig got for his birthday. We love to cook and spend most of our time together in the kitchen. It will be fun to have some music now while we cook.

Mom and I finished the basket liners! We are now ready to move onto the next project...

I just had another doctor appointment today. Everything is measuring on track. The heart rate is down to about 140. I told my doctor how everyone keeps commenting on my belly being so small. She said not to worry. People built like me are the ones that look like they are "stealing a basketball". She said not to be surprised if at 39 weeks people are commenting about how I am only half way through my pregnancy! She also gave a word of warning that my body type is the kind that will hide a very large baby. We will see...

I have been getting more and more comments at work recently about my belly. It has been fun because all the mom's at the office are so excited. They all love that Annelise and I both are not finding out the sex of our babies. Everyone also comments about "not drinking the water" at the office!

Here is an updated belly shot. I had to retire my first pair of black pants worn in the belly shots. I think I am going to need to retire my shirts soon too!

A Home Improvement Weekend...

Well, as my friend Carrie put it...soon there will be a 3rd "Home Improvement Guru added to the Hardin Family". We had a busy weekend around the house. It is amazing what you can get done in a few days with some help!

Mom and I have finished the curtains for the baby room and started on the basket liners.

Dad and Craig have made a big start on the built-in for the living room.

We also had our glass door for our shower installed (finally, only a year later...) and started getting quotes for a new roof (thanks to a leak we discovered last week). Busy, busy, busy!!

It is official...

Well, it is official- I am starting to look pregnant. Today was the first time someone random commented on me being pregnant!